Tying device.



.I. E. CALEY.

TYING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 28. 1915.

1,243,254. Patented Oct. 16, 1917.

VIII/1. 1 1] 'lllI/l wzifiwjjai' [7706222512- Jamwzff CaQg M I Z/% stares JAMES oALEY, or MACKINAW, ILLINOIS.

[DYING DEVICE.

v Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 16,1917.

Application filed April 28,1915. Serial NOJ 24,503.

zen of the United States, residing at Mackinaw, in the county-of Tazewell and Stat-e of Illinois, have invented'certaln new and useful Improvements in Tying Devices; and I hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exactdescription of the invention,

which will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to makeanduse the same.

This invention relates to a tying device more particularly for tying bundles such as .mail packages 'and the like.

It'is the object of my invention to provide a simple device to which -to attach-one end of a wrapping twine'or-cord, said device including a portion with which the opposite end of said twine or cord can be friction'ally engaged Without resorting to the common method of tying.

To the end that the invention may be clearly understood, I have provided the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 shows a package and my invention in connection with the same, illustrating the manner of securing the cord or twine.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device shown in part section.

Fig. 3 is a plan of the package and a slightly different form of the invention.

Fig. 4t shows, in perspective, the form of device illustrated in Fig. 3.

The invention is applicable as a tying medium for all forms of packages, being particularly adapted for tying mail packages as a matter of convenience and saving of time.

The device is preferably made of sheet metal of a suiiiciently heavy gage to afford the strength desired, the form shown in Fig. 1 including a body portion A to one end of which the wrapping twine B is secured in any good manner, for example, by tying the same thereto or knotting it after passing its end through an aperture C. At the opposite end the device is provided with an extension D having a recurved portion E so positioned with respect to the part D that a gradual narrowing slit is created within which to slip an opposite end of the cord or twine B. Preferably the extension D lies in a different plane from that of the body portion A, or slightly above it, as shown in the first two figures, so that the twine in being wrapped around the bundle or package can he slipped beneath said extension D as clearly illustrated.

In using the device the thumb is placed upon "the body portion A, as the package is held in the-hand, to-hold the device stationary substantially at the middle of thesaid package. The cord is then wrapped around the bundle or package from end to'end as laid'down the same en a in the shoulder 7 in a z:

indicatedat vid' crecdted b offsettin thesaid extension "D. The cord is then .pztssed. around the bundle as many times as desired 'in the direction namedyits end being finally slipped in between the extension D and its portion E, where it is held by friction. The twine may be drawn as tightly about the bundle as desired, and its end will be held as tightly as required depending upon how far it is drawn between the extension D and projection E.

The body A may be provided with a hole C and with a pair of ears a which hold that end raised from the bundle giving room between said ears for the knot tied on the end of the twine. However, this is mere choice and may not be carried out in practice.

In Figs. 3 and 4 is a slightly modified form of the tying device in which Gr indicates the body of the device and H the cord attached at one end thereto, the extension H and its portion J corresponding to D E in Fig. 1, being hingedly attached to the body in any suitable manner. For example, an extension K of the body may be formed into a hook portion to pass through a. hole or opening L in the extension H. By this means the latter may be raised as shown by broken lines in Fig. 4 so that the cord may be passed beneath it.

Either of these forms may be employed or others that may suggest themselves as equivalent structures. The device may be furnished as an article of manufacture to which a cord or twine may be attached by the purchaser or the entire device may be furnished with the cord attached.

My device is distinguished from others of its class by having the upturned hooks D E under which the cord is slipped in tying the bundle, the hook H answering in the same way after the terminal of the cord is placed in said hook.

After the cord has been passed around the bundle endwise, for example as shown in the figures, it is then drawn atrightangles to pass around the narrow measurement of the bundle and to do so it is carried beneath the said hook D E.

By having the cord thus disposed beneath the parts D or H, as the case may be, it is held down upon the package and cannot accidentally be disengaged therefrom and become detached from the device. F urthermore, contrary to other devices, mine does not require to be tipped or lifted so as to place the cord beneath it because the hook D is spaced from the package 0.

I That is to say in all other devices of this class with which I am familiar the member must be lifted from the package in order to pass the cord beneath it and there are no devices that have a part thereof spaced from the package to permit the easy placing of the cord beneath it or between it and the vantage of my structure, making the act of securing the bundle or package at once simple and exceedingly easy by comparison.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 2 1. An article of manufacture consisting of an L-shaped member one of whose extremities is recurved upon itself forming a single hook, the base of said extremity at its juncture with the other extremity having'a bend, said other extremity having an aperture, the member being otherwise imperforate, the two extremities lying in different planes. 7

2. An article of manufacture consisting of an L-shaped member one of whose extremities is recurved upon itself forming a single hook, the base of said extremity at its juncture with the other extremity having a bend, said other extremity having an a'per ture, the member being otherwise imperforate, the said extremity having the hook arranged, in use, to liein a different plane from the other and hinged to the said other extremity.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES E. CALEY. Witnesses GILns E. KEITHLEY,

L. M. THURLOW.

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Washington, D. C. 

